New skills chief at SE
CHARLENE O’Connor has been appointed director of Skills and Learning at Scottish Enterprise , replacing Alan Sinclair who left the organisation to join the Work Foundation earlier this month.
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Big Chinese banks catch subprime flu / Investors dump shares after lenders disclose major holdings of mortgage-backed ... (San Francisco Chronicle) After appearing immune to the turmoil engulfing the mortgage market in the United States, China suffered its first serious setback on Friday from exposure to subprime loans. Investors punished China's
48bn repair bill for English homes English homes need 48 billion of repairs and improvements, with a third of private properties failing to meet basic standards, research has showed.read more...
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Mortgage rates rise slightly The Federal Reserve cut interest rates this week. So naturally, mortgage rates went along for the ride, right? Wrong.read more...
AP Poll: Mortgage Payments Worry Many (San Francisco Chronicle) One in seven mortgage holders worry they may soon fail to make their monthly payments and even more fret that their home's value is shrinking, according to a poll showing
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